When John Paul II picked his name (right after John Paul I died shortly after becoming pope), a comedian joked that the name "John Paul" hadn't worked out too well, and that the new Pope should have chosen a different name, such as George Ringo.
How's it sit? Pretty cunning, don'tchya think?
Jayne ,'The Message'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Apr 19, 2005 8:06:04 am PDT #6951 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Steph L. - Apr 19, 2005 8:06:22 am PDT #6952 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Ratzinger was in the Hitler Youth. For real.
Jessica - Apr 19, 2005 8:06:42 am PDT #6953 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't calling him a Nazi a little unfair? He was just in the army; he wasn't a member of the Nazi party. eta: (I think)
He's heir to a man who compared the pro-choice movement to the Holocaust. I'm not currently inclined to be cutting him a lot of semantic slack.
tommyrot - Apr 19, 2005 8:07:19 am PDT #6954 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Ratzinger was in the Hitler Youth. For real.
Yes, but wasn't that required of all boys?
-t - Apr 19, 2005 8:08:30 am PDT #6955 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Weren't the Nazis anti-Catholic? I had that impression.
Betsy HP - Apr 19, 2005 8:08:52 am PDT #6956 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Ratzinger is even more conservative than John Paul. And his out-of-the-blue denunciations of the Beatles in 1996 - a quarter century after they split up - and insistence that the rock band AC/DC's name meant "anti-Christ, death to Christ" cemented the impression among many young Catholics that Ratzinger was out-of-touch.
Connie Neil - Apr 19, 2005 8:09:09 am PDT #6957 of 10001
brillig
Ratzinger was in the Hitler Youth. For real.
When you're surrounded by mad dogs, not smelling like a rabbit is not stupid.
bon bon - Apr 19, 2005 8:09:21 am PDT #6958 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't calling him a Nazi a little unfair? He was just in the army; he wasn't a member of the Nazi party. eta: (I think)
I assume that most Germans of a certain age can be described as being on the German side of the war. It doesn't mean he still subscribes to it.
I heard someone on BBC say that his position as defender of the orthodoxy makes him seem more orthodox than he may be personally.
Aims - Apr 19, 2005 8:09:31 am PDT #6959 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
AC/DC's name meant "anti-Christ, death to Christ
Oh gimme a break. It means, "After Christ, Devil Comes." Jeebus.
DXMachina - Apr 19, 2005 8:10:15 am PDT #6960 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
John Garfield was the victim of an assassination attempt, too. Sorry, that one succeeded, right?
James Garfield. John was an actor in the forties. Someone took some shots at Truman, too.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't calling him a Nazi a little unfair? He was just in the army; he wasn't a member of the Nazi party. eta: (I think)
Also, he was only eighteen when the war ended. The Germans had a lot of kids in the army near the end.
eta: And what everyone else said about the Hitler Youth. He had no choice.